Chemical Reaction Dynamics(M)

Academic unit or major

Undergraduate major in Materials Science and Engineering

Instructor(s)

Masato Sone / Kenichi Kawamura

Class Format

Lecture (Face-to-face)

Media-enhanced courses

-

Day of week/Period
(Classrooms)

5-6 Tue / 5-6 Fri

Class

-

Course Code

MAT.M203

Number of credits

200

Course offered

2025

Offered quarter

2Q

Syllabus updated

Mar 19, 2025

Language

Japanese

Syllabus

Course overview and goals

To investigate the chemical reaction rate is important to elucidate the mechanism of chemical reaction. Chemical reaction kinetics is the academic field that deals with its reaction rate. This chemical reaction kinetics is widely applied to fields such as nanoscience, life science, environmental science, space science, material science and material engineering. In this lecture, the theoretical handling of the chemical reaction rate with respect to the kinetics of chemical reactions (kinetics) will be mainly explained by taking gas molecules and reactions of molecules in solution as examples. Especially, students who want to learn in metallurgy engineering group (A group) are recommended to take this class.

Course description and aims

[Objective] By taking this lecture, you will learn the fundamentals of molecular theory of gas, transport phenomena and diffusion, reaction kinetics, reaction mechanism, which are important basic concepts for chemistry and material engineering.
[Theme] Chemical reaction rate is generally expressed by the rate of change with time of a substance which changes according to reaction. It is also important to investigate the reaction rate to clarify the mechanism of chemical reaction. In the lecture on chemical reaction kinetics dealing with this reaction rate, the theoretical handling of the chemical reaction rate with respect to the kinetics of chemical reactions (kinetics) will be explained as an example of the reaction of molecules in gas molecules and solution.

Keywords

Molecular kinetics of gas, transportation, movement, potential, diffusion equation, Fick's first law, Fick's second law, reaction rate equation, collision theory, transition state, molecular dynamics

Competencies

• Specialist skills
• Intercultural skills
• Communication skills
• Critical thinking skills
• Practical and/or problem-solving skills

Class flow

I will check attendance every class.

Course schedule/Objectives

Study advice (preparation and review)

To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.

Textbook(s)

Unspecified

Reference books, course materials, etc.

Documents to be distributed in lessons.

Evaluation methods and criteria

1) Evaluate the degree of comprehension of gas and liquid transport and migration phenomena, diffusion equations, reaction kinetics, reaction mechanisms. 2) Evaluate grades by the final exam (70%) and the exercise (30%) on first half, by only the final exam on second half. Final Evaluate grades by sumption of first and second half. 3) All attendance is in principle.

Related courses

• MAT.A204 ： Thermodynamics of Materials
• MAT.M202 ： Statistical Mechanics(M)
• MAT.M207 ： Phase Diagram and Stability in Metals
• MAT.M304 ： Crystal Growth and Structure Formation
• MAT.M302 ： Physical Chemistry in Metals

Prerequisites

You cannot take "MAT.P203：Physical Chemistry (Reaction Dynamics)" and "MAT.C204：Kinetics of Chemical Reaction (Ceramics course)", simultaneously.

Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).

Masato Sone: sone.m.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp, Kenichi Kawamura: kawamura[at]mtl.titech.ac.jp